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Pace may refer to:

• Pace (speed), the speed at which movement occurs
• Pace (length), a unit of length
• "Peace" in Italian, sometimes written on a rainbow flag
• "With peace" in Latin (ablative case of pax), sometimes used in formal writing to indicate disagreement with a source
• Pace, a horse gait
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, legislation governing police operations in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland)
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Persons

• Pace (surname)
• Amanda & Rachel Pace, the American child actress twins
• Calvin Pace, the American football player
• Darrell Pace, the American Olympic archer
• Derek Pace, the English footballer who played between 1950-1966
• Frank Pace, Jr., the late American public official and business executive
• Giulio Pace, the 16th century Italian Aristotlean and jurist
• Homer Pace, founder of Pace University in New York state, USA
• Ian Pace, the British pianist
• Jamie Pace, the Maltese footballer
• Jordan Scott Pace, the 18th century English philosopher
• José Carlos Pace, the late Brazilian Formula One driver
• Lee Pace, the American actor
• Norman Pace, the British comedian
• Orlando Pace, the American football player
• Peter Pace, General, USMC, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Richard Pace, the 16th Century English diplomat
• Wayne Pace, the American CFO of Time Warner
• Carle Pace, the World Masters Champion 400m and 800m sprinter.

Places

Canada

• Pace Settlement, Nova Scotia

United States

• Pace, Florida
• Pace, Mississippi

Education

• Pace University, in New York state, USA
• Pace University High School, in New York state, USA
• Pace Academy, a private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement at York University, Canada
• P.A.C.E. The Academy for Gifted Children in Ontario, Canada
• PACE Paderborn Institute for Advanced Studies in Computer Science and Engineering in Paderborn, Germany
• Monsignor Edward Pace High School, A Catholic High School in Miami Gardens, Florida

Business

• Pace, a British mountain bike brand
• Pace plc, a British electronics company
• Pace (transit), an operator of buses in the suburbs of Chicago, USA
• Pace Foods, maker of a popular brand of salsa sold in North America, owned by Campbell Soup Company
• Pace Membership Warehouse, a defunct American retail chain
• Pace Airlines, an American charter airline
• Pace Petroleum Ltd, a British independent fuel distributor and retailer

See also

• Pacé (disambiguation page)
• Pacer (disambiguation page)
• Pace's Ferry, Georgia
  • Battle of Pace's Ferry, American Civil War
• Pacemaker (disambiguation)
• Pace, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
• Party of the Citizens of Europe, a transnational European Party
• Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment
• Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology 1

From Old French pas ← Latin passus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /peɪs/, SAMPA: /peIs/

   Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. A step taken with the foot.

   Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.

2. An English Customary Unit of distance measuring approximately five feet.^[1]

   I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.

3. Speed or velocity.

   OHSU accelerates the pace of technology spin-offs.

4. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
5. (military) For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.^[2]
6. A 2-beat, lateral gait of a horse.
7. The collective noun for donkeys.

Derived terms

• pace car
• pacemaker
• pace setter
• pacer

Translations

Adjective

pace (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Verb

to pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)

1. Walk to and fro in a small space.
2. Set the speed in a race.
3. Measure by walking.

Derived terms

• (set the speed in a race): pacemaker

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin pace, “in peace”, ablative form of pax, “peace”.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːtʃe/, /ˈpɑːke/, SAMPA: /"pA:tSe/, /"pA:ke/

Preposition

pace

1. With all due respect to.

Translations

Etymology 3

Alteration of Pasch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. Easter.

Derived terms

• pace egg

References

• Notes:

1. ^ How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance, ¶ № 6)
2. ^ Joint Publication 1–02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).

Anagrams

• Anagrams of acep
• APEC
• cape
• EPCA

Galician

Verb

pace

1. third-person singular present indicative of pacer.
2. second-person singular imperative of pacer.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāx (“‘peace’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpatʃe]

Noun

pace f. (plural paci)

1. peace

Related terms

• pacatezza
• pacato
• pace interiore, pace della mente
• pacificare
• pacifico

Anagrams

• Anagrams of acep
• cape

Romanian

Noun

pace f.

1. peace

Spanish

Verb

pace (infinitive: pacer)

1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pacer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pacer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pacer.

From Wikispecies

Roberto Pace, Italian entomologist